#kaito road 96

[danieesketches]

“I do believe there’s a role, a very big role, waiting for you in the Brigades.” … “Do you understand what I’m offering you?”

[hihikawas]

hi!!! could i get bi icons of kaito from road 96: mile 0? thank u so much!! i love ur stuff

Absolutely! Thank you for requesting again!!

Bisexual Kaito Icons for @bimalewife ! Hope you like them!

As usual, if you have any issues please let me know!!

[catboyminato]

they’re so 1975 coded actually

[sampoststuff]

Hello again! I managed to find some downtime within school work to finally get this finished! This has been sitting pretty much in my drafts since late November/December. In here, I take a look at the concept of Disenfranchised Grief, and how it affects all of the main cast with the Road 96 franchise! There are spoilers for the Prologue Book, About A Girl, and Road 96/Mile 0. Hope you all enjoy!

[hotmilf45-xxx]

AAAAAAH MILE 0 AAAAHHHHHHHHH ALL 10 ROAD 96 FANS UNITE RN GREUUASAAAAHHHHHHH SO EXCITED

[deathishauntedbyhumans]

I couldn’t decide which version I liked more ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[pridebicons]

bi kaito pride icons

like/rb if using + credit

[yasamlynn]

and I spilled

[lasisgood]

My sister and I are playing road 96 mile 0 and we still hate Zoe.

Like apparently this is a sequel. But it's so bad. Zoe like we said she would. Just went back home to her rich father facing no consequences for her actions.

So since this is a sequel she doesn't acknowledge anything if the og road 96 except with "you were there weren't you" and it's like she left how many kids and killed at least 2.

Then decides doing this is too hard and goes back home.

We just don't like her. She's a wannabe. She wants to be on the road but it's nothing but a fun road trip to her. The other characters we played as in road 96 weren't doing this for funsies they were doing it for survival if they didn't make they didn't have homes to return to.

I laughed so hard when I found out his name is kaito. Because kaito from vocaloid is my boy and I love him. Me and my sister were like what are the chances. My playstation username is kaito something. The irony.

But I still hate Zoe. I'm not a fan of the mini games it reminded us of temple run. We're not very far into the game but we're still hoping to see all the characters.

I feel like this should've been a prequel than a sequel. And instead of Zoe they should've made it be like her sister or something. And the aftermath of Zoe either passing in the protest or escaping. And that could either radicalize her for the black brigades or set her in her view of Zoe was wrong and that tyrak is all there is and you shouldn't go against the grain.

This timeline is not making any sense

[rpgchoices]

Sometimes I really want to read a short summary of what to expect from a game… and thankfully people can also submit their summaries of games they played and help me (and others) find games that cater to their interests!

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what to expect from ROAD 96: Mile 0

Story-driven game with little to play, and more about picking options. 

This game is a prequel of Road 96. Here, we understand Zoe’s background in detail and the reason why she, as the daughter’s Petria’s oil minister, left the main city.  Zoe is a character we met in the previous game I've talked about before.

You play with 2 teenagers: Kaito, the son of an exploited working class parents, and Zoe, the daughter of the country’s oil minister. There is no customization.

In this game, we are focused on the City of Petria, a fantasy mixture of north of Mexico and communist Russia, where the tyranny is led by an “elected president called” Tyrak. Mainstream media is completely bought and altered by his party. I have done a criticism about the first game and the real world countries that inspired it. Nowadays, ironically, everything that was done as a criticism of communism [for example, Orwell’s stories] applies perfectly well as a criticism for capitalism, so I’m torn about this game and where it’s aiming for, specially when you know it's a French production.

It’s needless to say that this game has a high content criticizing our current democracy systems. There is also some room for questioning fanatic behaviour in either side: fascist fanatics as well as revolutionary fanatics. One can agree or disagree with the content of this game, but I like how it stimulates your thoughts and your questions.

Its narrative is a lot simpler than in the first game.

We find and meet some of the characters we saw in the previous game too; like the only reporter of the city, Sonya; the kind policewoman Fany, the tired revolutionary John, or the genius kid who is on the road, Alex.

The game loosely presents the previous game’s  3 alignments: revolutionary, moderate, and mainstream. But they seem to be less tight than in the previous game.

This game has a lot of minigames that may end up being very annoying. 

Among the minigames, and as transitions between big acts in the storytelling, we have something called “rides”, in which Kaito and Zoe do a race in high speed in skater or roll skates. Despite being a beautiful, artistic resources, in which we are delighted with amazing music, fast-pace movement, colour and aesthetics according to the part of the story we are exploring [therefore, it has deep meaning and symbolism], they tend to be performed a bit off. There are a lot of camera changes you don’t control that make these rides a bit more challenging that they should be. For a nice compilation of all these rides, check this video [tons of spoilers, though]. I personally love this ride in particular, when the same tyrant politician who developed a police state a la Big Brother and controls and exploits the worker class to death in oil towns is elected again for 10 years more. 

The game has decent graphics without asking you to have a NASA computer. 

Game fully voiced.

Several different endings, I can count around 9, depending on the last scene choices, which are available depending on how much reputation as revolutionary, moderate, questioning or mainstream you were along the game.   

Short game, around 5 hours of gameplay.

——- Plot? ——-

You play as Zoe or Kaito, living in the city of White Sands, where the president, the oil minister, and the flashy reporter Sonya live. The main plot revolves about the friendship between Zoe and Kaito, and how the class difference and reality affects their perspectives and relationship so deeply. 

——- Gameplay? ——- 

You interact with the NPCs and the environment in a way that increase or decrease your moderation, mainstream support, or revolutionary views.  Sometimes there are boring, annoying mini games as the story progresses.

——- Characters? ——- 

Mainly Kaito and Zoe. 

 ——- LGBT? ——-

Nothing, so far I perceived. 

——- Sadness level? ——- 

Low, but keeps you thinking.

——- Happy ending? Deaths? ——-

There may be deaths depending on your choices. The endings are always bittersweet or bad. Zoe always leaves the city since she is found in the previous game on the road.

[danieesketches]

the first set of many memes I intend on drawing for Road 96.

many thanks to @sampoststuff for inspiring these with your memes in the discord group.

[eat-sleep-breathe-drum]

Finished road 96 mile 0. My hot take is that Kaito was always in the right.

[fridge-reviews]

Road 96: Mile 0

Developer: Digixart Steam Deck Compatibility?: Verified Rrp: £10.96 (Humble and Epic), £11.96 (Gog.com, Steam)

Last year I finally got around to playing Road 96 and it ended up becoming one of my favourite games of the year due to its well crafted and highly engaging story. So when I found out that the developers had created a new game in the same universe, a prequel no less I couldn’t help but find my interest piqued.

As I mentioned earlier this is a prequel to Road 96 where you play as one of the other characters you meet on the road, specifically a character called Zoe. You also play as another, new, character named Kaito. These two are from different backgrounds, Zoe is the daughter of a high ranking politician and lives luxury while Kaito is the son of two low level workers who effectively live in a slum. This is the story of how Zoe ended up out of that luxury and on the road trying to escape the country.

Now on its own merits this game is… fine, and sadly that’s the best I can truly give it. It absolutely fails to achieve what Road 96 did and I feel that this is in large part due to the fact it’s a prequel. The game is constrained by what narratively has to come next in Road 96, as such many of the stakes presented to you just don’t feel that meaningful. I also can’t ignore the fact that this game has a lot of QTE’s for the length of it and really liked to throw a skating mini game within each chapter. I get that these mini games were supposed to represent the character performing a task or dealing with their mental state but it felt so strange when compared to Road 96. Sure, that game has some goofiness to it but it wasn’t as concentrated as this.

Do I feel it’s worth playing? That’s a difficult question for me to answer. I won’t lie, I felt disappointed by this game. I’m glad I got to know some of the backstory to Zoe but this whole game just felt a bit lacklustre.

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[sampoststuff]

Meant to post this a while ago, but I drew Zoe and Kaito in anticipation for Mile 0! I can’t wait to play this game when it comes out

[youraveragedeltafan]

First book spoilers ahead! (please tell me there's prequel book fans, I can't stop thinking about it)

The first Road 96 prequel book is the most interesting thing in the tri-state area to me because of Robert, John, and the fact that it's kinda left up to interpretation whether or not Jarod was a good dad. There is a scenario in which he slaps Lola. Was it just that one instance or a pattern? (and a reason why Robert, a former teacher, could manipulate her into running away)

It's clear that Robert looks for vulnerable people to take advantage of, like Kaito's family and the Kims later on after they join. Notably, we know for almost a fact that both Naomi and Stephen were having second thoughts about the "plan" (I feel like ppl forget that the Brigades didn't cause the attack in '86 but they did try). It's clear that all the adults with Lola were self aware too, as they bring up their concerns about her being in danger at least once.

But here's the interesting part-it's not all Robert (In fact, he's said to have gone missing in dialogue, right before the attack too. How convenient). I know that it's said in the game that John used to be like him, but I think it's in a whole other lens reading it in the prequel. To me, it almost adds more to his guilt in the game when seeing him be kinda mean to Lola or manipulate Naomi and Stephen (who legit have a 5 year old with them) into going through with their mission despite everything.

Anyway, that's why the book is very funni and good and adds to the game. Read it if you haven't. Yes I'm talking to you random person who doesn't care about spoilers and read this because new post in the road 96 tag (Me. I am calling myself out)

Oh, also Stan and Mitch can potentially do the stupidest thing in the world, and they BOTH do it no matter who you side with so it PROVES that they share one braincell depending on who you're nice to. I know I like to write Stan as if he never has done a violence in his life, but he shoots his gun at the most random crap in the book and at the worst times. He is responsible for at least 2 game overs that I know of and it's funny every time

Side note: I really want to add the wacky misadventures Florres had in the book into the wiki but I am too distracted by other stuff atm and also are the books even canon??

[deathishauntedbyhumans]

Tagged by @forfuckssakejim <3

RULES: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

This is an insane thing to ask me to do…………. I CANNOT list all of them bc I have many many many wips in my wip folder that are tired and deadish and that I don’t know if or think I’ll ever manage to finish HOWEVER! I will list relevant and currentish ones. Good lord.

BG3

adoption

astarion post game

astarion?

Lathander’s Light

my girlfriend and i saw u from across the bar

this one is the porn one

wyllstarion

Road 96

Body count

Fanny_John

Hrhch

Kaito

no hinges

Uh oh

Ultimatum

Misc

Love Songs and Lullabyes (Breath of the Wild)

RICK (Portal)

gomens again (Good Omens)

movie rwrb (Red White and Royal Blue)

I’m not tagging 18 people ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But y��all are welcome to send asks abt these <3 I will tag @sampoststuff @mc-tummy-blur @bimbobrock and @indigomuunz if y’all wanna do it! And anyone else who feels like they’d like to ^•^